NOTE: Always be sure the ribbon cassette is in place and
there is paper in the printer when you begin print-
ing.
The printer will print a five-line sample of letters, numbers and
symbols in the letter-quality and draft-quality modes.
.To eject the page, press the Pause button; then press Form Feed
FF).
Now take a close look. Beautiful, isn’t it? And this is only the be-
ginning. .

n CONNECT THE INTERFACE CABLE TO YOUR

COMPUTER
You’ll be printing in just minutes, onceyou’veconnected the printer
to your computer with an interface cable. Three kinds of interfaces
are available with this printer: parallel, serial, and an interface called
IEEE-488. You will probably be using a parallel interface, the easiest
connection to make:
@Turn off the printer and computer.
*Plug one end of the cable into the parallel interface connector
on the printer; plug the other end into the parallel connector on
your computer.
connector
Figure 1-13. The parallel interface connection.
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